Overalls for women.



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.Patented Dec. l2, 1916.

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C. W. BARTRUM. qvEnALLs ron women.

APPLICATION FILED yAUG. 12. 19%6.

Patented Dec. 12,1916.

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' UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

CHARLES W. BABTR'UM, 0F NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 SWEET-OBB t i, l COMPANY, INCORPORATED, F NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK. f"

OVERALLS FOR WOMEN.

Specication of Letters Patent. i

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Application mea August 12, 191s. serial No. 114,587.

' a citi'zen'of the United States, residing at Newburgh, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a certaln new and useful Improvement in Overalls for Women, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Women are entering more fully than ever before into those occupations where their common and conventional-garb isv a hindrance or handicap in regard to their comfort, safety and efliciency. Their skirts especially hamper them in work in the garden, on the farm, and with machinery, and so far as I am aware, they have nothing which would furnish them the comfort and protection which are afforded to men by overalls.

It isv believed that o veralls for Women should be of such character and construc 'tion as to enable them to discard all outer garments, such as skirts, petticoats and the like, and excepting a shirtwaist or like body covering, and yet as fullyprotect their persons from exposure and from soiling incident to the given occupation, and allow per feet freedom of the limbs and body in pursuing such occupation; and it is the object of this invention toprovide such a garment.

The invention consists of a two-legged ar- I' ment, fashioned .to t the waist and to a ,ord

abundant room for the seathips, and thighs, open at the sides from the waist partway down the legs, closed in the crotch, and finished at the bottdms so as to be capable of being closed about the wearers ankles or boot tops or gathered up and fastened under the knees after the manner of knickerbockers,

the material \of the legs falling down over` the fastening and producing a sklrt effect,

and preferably provided with a bib and 'shoulder straps, as I will proceed now to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in the several gures of which hke parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a front elevation of one embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 2

is a rear 'elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation 'showing the garment distended approximately as it will bein use. Fig. 4 is a cross section substantially on line A-B of Fig. 3, on a larger scale to show the upper plaits. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the upper part of a garment, showing a detachable bib. Fi 6 is a front elevation of the upper art o a garment showing a modification o the'bib construction. Fig. 7 is a front elevation showing a bibless garment in part.

The garment comprises the two substantially identical leg portions 1, made very full, and secured at the top .to a sectional waistband, 2, 3, the fullness of the legs being reduced at the waist first by proper fashioning of the pattern, and nextby plaiting the goods in front, as at 4, preferably using an inverted plait, and at. the hi s, as at 5 and 6, and at the back, as at 7, uslng here also by preference an invertedvplait. The legs Aare permanently closed in the crotch, both front and back, bya suitable seam or fell 8, sol as to afford the fullest possible protection of the person from exposure. lThe sides are rovrded with openings9and 10 extending rom the waistband downwardly along the hips toward the. knees, and these openings are provided with flies 11 and suitable fasten- Aings, such as buttons and buttonholes 12 and 13, by which they may be secured, and sothat the back of the garment may be let down as'required, or the whole garment may be slipped down. The bottoms of the legs are vprovided with the box plaits 14 and 15 at front and back, and plaits 16 and 17 on opposite sides of outside side openings 18. Bands 19 are placed at these bottoms into which the plaits are secured. These bands are provided -with any suitable means to adjust or fasten the bottoms about the'wearerrs legs, such as buttonhole tabs 2O and buttons 21. Thus the legs may be made very full from top to bottom, so as to insure a loose, baggy and comfortable fit, permitting perfect freedom of movement of the wearers body and legs. As shown in full lines Fig. 3, the bottoms may extend to the wearers shoe tops or ankles, and also, as indicated by dotted lines in the 'same view, the legs may be gathered up and the bands fastened beneath the wearers knees, especially when high boots are worn, or the exposure of the lower limbs is immaterial or desirable,- `and producing a skirt effect or appearance. One

or more pockets 22 may be placed upon the out a bib, as desired. As shown in Fig. 7,.

there lis no bib, and as shown in Fig. 6, a

small bib 23 is fastened permanently to the front section of the waistband and has a pocket 24 on it. This bib hassuspender ends 25 and these, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 may be provided with buttons 26 at their ends to engage buttonholes 27 in the back .section of the Wr istnand, or other fastening means may be substituted which will enable 'the wearer to put on and take off the garment readily and adjust it as needed. In Figs.' 1, 2 and 3, the bib 28 is similar to that shown in Fig. 6, but made Wider and fuller, as shown in Figs. l and 3, and it ma?,7

extend rearwardly toward the wearer s sides to afford further protection. Asshown in F ig. 5, the bib 29 may be made detachable,

and fastened to the front section of the Y waistband bv an suitable fastenings, such as buttons 3 an buttonholes 31.

waist or other suitable body garment, and Without skirtsor petticoats, Iso as to promote the-comfort of the wearer and permit perfect freedom of movement. It is made so full as to avoid all immodesty in appearance, and is ydesigned to fullyprotect the wearer in the ursuitlof her'work, andpreclude any `and all) accidental exposureof her" erson.

Inthe preferred construction of 4t e-gar- 'er shape it, and to avoid all4 elements that would collect dit and grime, and to'present a construction that maybe 4cleaned with a'i cility.l Plaits also effect an economy of material and in so doing 'also reducesthe We' ht of the garment. A belt may be Worn with .the garment, and especially with one 'with out a bib, and in such cases the waist may be provided, if desired, with belt-loo s,- as indicated by dotted lines,- at 32, Fig.

Any suitable `material may be used in the .manufacture of the arment,'su ch as khaki,

drilling,l denim, lging' am andthe'like.

Variations in details of construction to suit individual tastes and for other purposes "l The garment is to be worn witha shirt ment plaits are used ,throughout to fashion-1 as Vtoolzien the garment v1'and having the'bot- 'are contemplated as within 'the scope of the invention. Y

What I claim is 1. Overalls for Women, having individual leg portions united and permanently closed `fromy front t0 back throughout the crotch, and 4"ill-fashioned `in the seat, hips and*l thighs and down to their bottoms, shaped to tV the waist by means of plaits at front, backend sides, and provided with side open- "ingsbetweeuftiie side laits and fastenings thereztoi",l a waistband divided at the sides so as -toropen the garment, and having the'bottoms similarly plaited and also provided' `with side openings .fand fastenin bands, *whereby* the legsv may be secured a ut the wearers ankles, and also just-below her knees, the material 'Of vthe vlegs at such timefallin d own over thexbottom fastening bands an producing afskirteiect. Y

2. Overalls for women, having individual leg portions vlunited and permanently closed from front to back throughout the crotch, and ul1-fashi0ned in the seat, hips and thighs and down to their bottoms, shaped to it the Waist Vby, means of plaits at front back and sides, and rovided with side openings betweenfthe sie laits Vand"fastenings therefoig-a waistband ivided atthe ,sides so toxins similarly plai and.. also provided with fside openings andV fastening bands, whereby the garment ,may be worn with-the bottoms extended to the wearers ankles and also with said bottoms gatheredl up and-fas 80 tened beneath the wearers and a bib applied .to 'the front of-thegarment and hav ing shoulder stra s end mea'nsft'o `connect *themiwith thevba In testimony whereof have hereunto set 8H my-.handthis 11th daof A f stA. D. 1916.

f i S ARTRUM. VVitnesses:- Aramon Winnen,

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